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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:24 AM Original message |
Goodbye, Bill Gates! |
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Spouting Horn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bill Gates is proof |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You are saying microsoft products aren't quality? |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Microsoft dominates the market because they ruthlessly |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Certainly a part of that |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. ROFLMAO! |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. don't forget |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No. Microsoft products aren't quality. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Open Office is MASSIVE and ram-hungry. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. That is odd, it is running like a top on my old dell notebook |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I don't even have a gig... |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. The sandbox loves memory |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You are nuts if you think openoffice is higher quality than Microsoft office |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. You're joking, right? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No, Im not joking and I don't work for microsoft |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Two words |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. BoB |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Touché |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. If he or she isn't, I will. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. What alternative do you think should come with every new PC purchase? |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. What alternative? Gee, how about "choice" for starters? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. My post doesn't imply that old ladies a stupid, I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I didn't have to put any words in your mouth; you typed them yourself. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So you made absolutely no effort to make your pdocut work? |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Why should I have to make the product work? Making their product work is Microsoft's job, not mine. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Are you saying that with a straight face? Then I have one word for you. . . |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Vista is an interesting word, but you aren't explaining where it lacks quality |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Given the severity and amount of problems related to Vista, one would have to be living in a cave |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I disagree. Back in the mid 80s, I think, I discovered |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
54. Can you imagine them updating it? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't care what anyone here says, I respect the guy. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, I really think it is pretty cool what he and his wife are doing in their charity |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I respect him as well. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. If his OS, or his software were as benign as his charity |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yeah. Ya gotta respect a guy that got wealthy by selling something he didn't own. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. What didn't he own? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. MS-DOS to begin with. I thought you knew it all. After all, you seem to be a cheerleader here. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Microsoft owned MS-Dos |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Not $50 ... $50,000 ... and then ONLY after they'd already sold it to IBM. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Interesting read, thanks for posting that link |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. I ran CP/M on a Commodore SX-64 -- true basic, i think |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yup. I was once (late 70s) a Z80, CP/M, Macro Assembler, T-Pascal, ( etc.) wonk/guru ... |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I do, too. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Me too. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Later Bill! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. As hyper rich guys go, he and Warren Bufett are pretty good....n/t |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. In fact, it might have been Warren Buffet |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. As mega-rich fuckers go, Gates isn't half bad. n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. while Some of MS business practices were |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No kidding. The fact he was able to take an OS that he got for $50 and turn it in to MS is admirable |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Gates vs. GM |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. Good Riddance! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. I Have The World Of Respect For Him. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Bill Gates isn't perfect |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
53. Carnegie, Melon, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Getty, Gates |
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